Can't find favicon in web page source

Maybe a stupid question, but for the life of me I can't find a reference to the favicon "ico" file on this website:

They obviously have one because it displays in the browser tab/window. I've tried Chrome developer tools, Network tab which shows all images on a page -- but no favicon there either. Where is it hiding?

5 Answers

It does seem to be being pulled in differently, but it is typically always in the default location - which this one is as well.

There are two ways to specify the favicon for a website:

1) Give a link to the favicon

<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/somepath/favicon.png" /> 

2) Put it in a prefefined URL, this is relative to the server root. So in this case will be

This website seems to be using the second method so you will find the favicon in that link.

You do not need to add a link element with your favicon image for it to appear on your website.

Quote: A second method for specifying a favicon relies on using a predefined URI to identify the image: "/favicon", which is relative to the server root.

Source:

Further to Keir's and Carlos' answers - to spell it out - most browsers are programmed to also look for a favicon here:

If the favicon image is named/stored as above, there is no need to mention it in the HTML code.

Therefore, if you are looking at a website and you can't find any reference to their favicon in the HTML source, just type the website's base URL in the browser address bar followed by /favicon.ico:

Real-life example - try to find the favicon in the source code:

Use Chrome Dev Tools Network tab. Filter by favicon reload the page with Shift+F5 You will get the icon regardless it was loaded with link or from default location